Today, the tree that my neighbors have neglected to cut down fell on my car. They claim that by law, they aren't responsible and don't have to pay for it. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my neighbors threatened to sue me because a six-foot branch fell off one of my trees and into their yard, hitting nothing on the way down. FML
Today, a tree fell on our 3-month-old family car. Today, I also learned that my husband never insured it. It's probably scrap, and we still have to pay it off for the next 5 years. FML
Today, I watched one of my neighbor's trees fall into the electrical lines outside my house. This was after he took a chainsaw to the tree. He refuses to cover the damages. FML
Today, I decided to clear up some storm damage. I carefully cut a tree that was threatening to fall on my house. It fell on my neighbor's house instead. He's taking me to court for damages. FML
Today, the elderly couple next door asked me to cut down a tree in their yard. It turns out they told me to cut down the wrong tree, and I cut down the tree they got married under. They now hate me and tell me they plan to sue me for damage to property. FML
Today, I totaled my car, because I mistook the leaves blowing across the road for a child. I swerved and hit a tree. The home owner wants to sue for "harming his tree" and hospital wants to test my mental stability. FML
Today, I got home to find my truck smashed by a fallen old tree. I was going to have the tree removed next week. FML
Today, I woke up and found that the tree in my front yard was gone. FML
Today, my husband finally got round to cutting down a tree limb in our front yard after months of me begging him. It fell on me. FML
Today, a storm dropped a tree across my road. I would have moved it with my tractor, but there was a tree on that too. FML
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TaylorTotsYumm 10
Get a crane to place the tree on top of their car.
j_cat187 20
plant a tree wait 30 years, then crush their house with it
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Comments (165)
Arbl 0
false. that is most definitely one case you will win. I had the same problem
slimjim8094 12
Don't think they are liable, actually, unless the tree was rotting or otherwise compromised. We dropped a tree on our neighbor's car/house a few years back, and their insurance paid it all, even getting it off our property. But our tree was healthy. If it was rotting, they probably could've claimed negligence, but maybe not. This is why you have insurance, right? IANAL
dellama10 0
Just because they claim that doesn't make it so. If their tree was overhanging your property enough to fall on your car then I'm pretty sure they'll have to pay up. If not, there's insurance. If you're not insured, then ydi.
iEatcheesee 0
You should plant a palm tree and have it smash their house. That'll show 'em.
dadof2 4
throw one of the branches thru their front window and say legally im not resposible
ekb294 4
interesting.. in nz if a tree falls on ur car u can't claim insurance it's a bit of a bitch
bdubz4 0
ydi for parking underneath it when you clearly knew it needed trimming!
thekmt 5
If it's healthy and totally unforeseeable that it would drop, then probably no hope. If it's dead or top-heavy, as in it wasn't properly trimmed, try something called the rule in rylands v fletcher (Basically if you keep something 'dangerous' on your land and it escapes, you're liable for damage that is causes). It's a UK case though; not sure what the US incarnation of that case is or if its even applicable in the US.
alscho14 0
Thats a lie. They do have to pay for it
roadracer39 5
I hate to break it to ya, but no, they're not responsible for your car.